Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure

by Tim Jeal

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From the best-selling author of Stanley, a riveting account of the explorers who risked everything in their search for the source of the Nile

Nothing obsessed explorers of the mid-nineteenth century more than the quest to discover the source of the White Nile. It was the planet's most elusive secret, the prize coveted above all others. Between 1856 and 1876, six larger-than-life men and one extraordinary woman accepted the...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0300187394

ISBN13:9780300187397

Release Date:August 2012

Publisher:Yale University Press

Length:510 Pages

Weight:1.26 lbs.

Dimensions:1.5" x 5.4" x 8.2"

Related Subjects

Adventurers & Explorers Africa Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Central Africa East Africa Expeditions & Discoveries History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Specific Groups World

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